Saturday, July 21, 2012

Writers Workplace Lynne Marshall

Pink Heart Society is delighted to welcome Lynne Marshall for this Saturday's Writers Workplace. Lynne writes for not one, but two harlequin lines - Special Edition and Medicals. Take it away Lynne!

When I
was given the Saturday Writer’s Workplace slot for my PHS blog, I got all
excited. Why? Because no one outside of my family
and a couple of close friends ever sees my office—the place I spend most of my daytime. Non-writers have a hard time relating
to the meaning of “writer’s work space” so I just keep the office tomyself.

Well,
consider me thrilled to give you the tour of MY SPACE.J

First
off, here is a picture of my books. I
admit I’ve always wanted to take a picture of them, but never had a good excuse
before, so…here you go!

To
date, I’ve written eleven Medical Romances and am over halfway through my
twelfth. I’ve also written
two books for Harlequin Special Edition and a couple more for another small
press.

Glancing
up from my books is a personal favorite of my pictures titled –The Student, and it is a replica
from The Illustrated London News, January 18, 1873.

When I
glance out my window, I see my lovely white hibiscus bush to the left and to
the right, a fountain formed by a woman pouring water from a vessel into a large
basin. The sound of that
water is always comforting. Behind
the lady are the ceramic sun and moon faces against the wall. They make me
smile.

Hummingbirds are
frequent visitors to both the tiny pink flowers over the lady of the fountain’s
shoulder, and both the white and red hibiscus bushes. Sometimes, the
hummers hover right outside my window as if they’re trying to decide if the
hanging stained glass object is a huge flower or not. I like to pretend they’re looking at
me, and I always smile at them.

Pinterestschminterist! I haven’t started and I don’t intend
to sign on forPinterstbecause
I still like to do things the old fashioned way. Here’s my version ofPinterest. LOL.(Usually, I stick things to a board,
but I was extra lazy this time.)

A girl
can only work so much without having some toys for those whimsical
moments.

It may
be hard to see, but my beanie baby frog has a small jeweled tiara on her
head. The pretty red shoe
was a gift from my good friend and fellow author,RobenaGrant (a current Golden Heart
finalist), and inside is a small crystal four leaf clover given to me by a
friend from work when I left to write full time. Perhaps that beautiful pewter picture
frame caught your attention. It
was a gift from the Atlantic Chapter of RWA located nearHalifax,Nova Scotia, as a thank you for
speaking at their meeting in October 2010. The outside of the frame is covered in
sea shells and came from the famous Amos Pewter store, inside is the Legend of
the Starfish. If you’ve
never read it, I highly recommend looking it up.

Well,
that’s about it. What do
you think now that you’ve seen my office? Do you keep toys in your office
too? Or do you have a
favorite spot to gaze upon for those moments when you need to think things
through?

Lynne Marshallwrites for Harlequin Mills & Boon
for Medical Romance and Special Edition.

29 comments:

Hey Lynne! I'm so impressed with that huge line-up of your books! That in itself must feel motivating, seeing all that you have accomplished. My office is a mess - layers of papers on my desk. I need to make it pretty like yours...

Lynne, I LOVE your writing space. Right now I have a little fold front desk in my bedroom that houses my laptop. But I'm getting ready to send my middle daughter off to college and I have to admit, I've been eyeing her room. ;)

Lovely! Very neat and organized. I have a bunch of rocks on my desk and bookshelves. : ) Some have words like luck, imagine, faith, engraved on them. Others are just rocks. AND I am so jealous of that shoe. Ha ha. I went to buy myself one and never could find them again.

Robena - I LOVE that shoe! The crystal four-leaf clover fits into it perfectly, and I consider the show to be part of my many blessings as a writer. Don't know if you noticed the brown picture frame next to the treasure chest with Princess Frog on top or not, but that is a framed picture or our original Fabulous Fictionists critique group taken at your house in the valley several years ago. Great times. great memories.

Oh, I have rocks with words on them, too - Create, breathe, confidence, strength. My favorite post-it on the printer says: Believe you're worthy! I think Jenny Crusie said that last year at RWA National conference. :)

In my writing space I have an Indian dreamcatcher, three (!) fairy dolls, a medallion of Shiva as Lord of the Dance, a copy of the Egyptian cat representing the goddess Bast from the British Museum, and a bust of Felix Mendelssohn because I'm writing about him. Ya gotta have toys! Congratulations Lynne on your lovely writing space, and your accomplishments.

Seems like a very excellent workspace! I enjoyed all the detail behind the various pictures and objects very much - thanks for sharing! I currently have a variety of Ancient Egyptian themed figures and statues (read "toys") on my desk, including Bunnykins King Tut!

Ah Dermot - I am currently involved in a Medical Romance continuity that will be out beginning 2013 and Dermot is my hero. I love this older (he's 39 in the book) tormented hero who is swept off his feet by the peaople pleaser - Polly! I am on the last chapter right now and I will miss these two characters very much.